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In the Books

The first day of the NCAA tournament is behind us, with four teams on to the quarterfinals and four more to punch their tickets today. Terry Foy was on top of everything from the comfort of his couch. ...Read More

Warrior May Madness: First Round NCAA Lacrosse Tournament from the Couch, Day 2

We're back for Day 2. I've got the morning constitutional out of the way, have called my mom to wish her a happy Mother's Day and I just finished watching Finding Forrester, so I'm all jacked up on classical literature. To get things kicked off, I've got five items that — in light of yesterday's [...] read more

In-Game Blog: Maryland @ Notre Dame

A few minutes before faceoff here at Alumni Field where the #7 seed Fighting Irish will play host to the Maryland Terrapins. It is a clear and beautiful 59 degrees right now with a very slight chance of precipitation this afternoon. Notre Dame enters this game a perfect 15-0 on the season and [...] read more

Warrior May Madness: NCAA First Round In-Game Blog: Navy at No. 3 Duke

At this rate, every DI team will be taking a bye week next year. By an accident of scheduling, Duke found itself idle in the week of April 4. The Blue Devils, then 8-3, spent the week working on shooting. They are 6-0 since, including a 14-5 victory over Navy in an NCAA Tournament first-round [...] read more

Men's DII/DIII Tournament

Warrior May Madness: NCAA Men’s and Women’s DIII Tournament Results

The first round of the 2009 NCAA Men's and Women's DIII playoffs got underway yesterday — here are the results. The next round takes place Saturday. Men's First Round St. Lawrence tops Nazareth, 14-7 Denison overpowers Ohio Wesleyan, 12-2 Cabrini beats Montclair St., 17-3 Springfield takes care of Mt. Ida, 21-4 Eastern Connecticut gets past Merchant Marine in OT, 10-9 Washington [...] read more

Warrior May Madness: DIII Men’s Notebook

With so much talent in the NESCAC, the road to a conference championship was not an easy one this season. Wesleyan emerged triumphant after defeating Williams, Middlebury and Tufts. The Cardinals squeaked by Middlebury 8-7 and lost to Williams and Tufts in the regular season. NESCAC Championships There was a strong emphasis on progression this season, Head [...] read more

Warrior May Madness: DIII Postseason Players to Watch

With the DIII lacrosse tournament games kicking off today, there are 22 teams that could win it all. Keeping that in mind, here are 10 players who could be key difference makers for this teams this postseason. Chris DeLuca, Cortland, So., M Deluca ranks among the nation elite face-off takers. This season he has won 72% [...] read more

Women's DI Tournament

NCAA Lacrosse Player Blogs: Amy Martin breaks down the women’s NCAA tournament first round

One of our prestigious NCAA bloggers during the season, Holy Cross goalkeeper Amy Martin has also decided to pitch in during the NCAA tournament with some regular posts about the women's side of things. Here's her breakdown of the first round on Sunday, along with predictions. Hey lax world, SO the moment we’ve all been waiting for [...] read more

Warrior May Madness: Breaking down the Division I Women’s Lacrosse NCAA First Round games

1-seed Northwestern (19-0) vs. UMass (11-7) The Wildcats begin their title defense by hosting the Atlantic-10 champion Minutewomen on Sunday. Northwestern stands undefeated while UMass has won eight of their last nine games. The Wildcats are known for quick offensive and defensive domination of their opponents while the Minutewomen have had many close battles throughout the [...] read more

2009 Tewaaraton Trophy Finalists Announced

Your 2009 Tewaaraton Award finalists are finally out, and it's not exactly a shocker to see the names that made it (though there was a bit of surprise compared to some of our preseason player of the year picks as a staff). Who made the cut? Men's Finalists Matt Abbott, Syracuse Ned Crotty, Duke Danny Glading, Virginia Max Seibald, Cornell Zack [...] read more